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CAT 1998 — DILR Question 29

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Krishna distributed 10-acre land to Gopal and Ram who paid him the total amount in the ratio 2 : 3. Gopal invested a further Rs. 2 lakh in the land and planted coconut and lemon trees in the ratio 5 : 1 on equal areas of land. There were a total of 100 lemon trees. The cost of one coconut was Rs. 5. The crop took 7 years to mature and when the crop was reaped in 1997, the total revenue generated was 25% of the total amount put in by Gopal and Ram together. The revenue generated from the coconut and lemon trees was in the ratio 3 : 2 and it was shared equally by Gopal and Ram as the initial amount spent by them were equal.

What was the value of output per tree for coconuts?

Answer & solution

Correct answer: Rs. 360

  • A

    Rs. 36

  • Rs. 360

  • C

    Rs. 3,600

  • D

    Rs. 240

Solution

The ratio of the number of trees of coconut and lemon was 5 : 1. Since the number of lemon trees is 100, the number of coconut trees is 500. So they totally obtained a revenue of Rs. 1,80,000 from 500 coconut trees.
Hence, the value per tree = (180000500) = Rs. 360.

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